Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
(2) - Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.
(3) - Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.

(1) - Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

(1) - Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
(2) - Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
(3) - Bailer (n.) See Bailor.

(1) - Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.
(2) - Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
(3) - Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.

(1) - Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
(2) - Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
(3) - Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.